These Are The Major U.S. Cities With The Highest Murder Rates, According To The FBI

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2005 file photo, the Detroit skyline is shown along the Detroit River. Lawyers began making their closing arguments Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Detroit's bankruptcy trial. Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in July 2013, becoming the largest U.S. city to ever do so. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

The FBI has released its annual stats for major U.S. cities with the highest crime figures. Topping the list -- with far and away the worst murder and violent crime rates -- is Detroit.

The bureau on Monday published its 2013 Uniform Crime Reporting statistics, which show in part that Detroit has both the highest rates of murder and violent crime for cities with a population over 200,000. In 2013, the Michigan city recorded 316 murders (which includes non-negligent manslaughter), or 45 per 100,000 people. That's 10 times the national average and the highest of all large U.S. cities. Detroit also notched 14,500 violent crimes, or 2,070 per 100,000 people.

The FBI defines murder and non-negligent manslaughter as the "willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another." Violent crime includes those offenses, as well as rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

Coming in behind the Motor City, New Orleans had the second-highest murder rate, and Oakland had the second-highest rate of violent crime.

One bright spot for Detroit is that crime rates actually took a dive from 2012, when there were 55 murders per 100,000 people, as well as a higher rate of all violent crimes.

"We will continue our focus on eradicating violence, and certainly dismantling these street gangs," Detroit Police Chief James Craig said last month after a 3-year-old girl was killed and four others were injured in a shooting.

These Are The Major U.S. Cities With The Highest Murder Rates, According To The FBI

The Ruins Of Detroit

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Ruins at the abandoned Packard Automotive Plant are seen on September 4, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. The Packard Plant was a 3.5 million square foot car manufacturing plant built completed in 1911. Major operations ceased in 1958, though the plant was used in a limited capacity until the 1990s, with outer buildings used through the mid 2000s. Since then the buildings have fallen into disrepair - they are now used mostly for graffiti artists and scavengers. Peru-based developer Fernando Palazuelo purchased the Packard Plant in December. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)